Fyodor Dostoevsky wearing a double-breasted jacket, with the number 200 overlaid on the right side of the photo

The Lives of Characters in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

Oct 20, 2021 | Dr. Chloë Kitzinger (Rutgers) will be giving a free, public, online talk on “The Lives of Characters in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy”. Part of the Dostoevsky 200 series of events to mark the bicentenary of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, organized by the North American Dostoevsky Society. Co-sponsored by the Public Humanities Hub.

PBS host and author/journalist/historian Alexander Heffner wearing a floral tie and dark pinstriped jacket smiling at the camera, with text advertising his talk, part of the Department of English Language and Literatures' Dorothy Black Lecture Series

Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age/Uncivil and Unwell in America

Nov 3, 2021 | Join PBS host Alexander Heffner for a discussion on the effects of divisiveness on discourse, campaigns, and governance as well as the influence of new media, dis/misinformation, and filter bubbles that polarize information intake and society.

Collaged photos of the Torah, British North America Act from Parliament of Canada, Qur'an, Royal Proclamation 1763 from Library and Archives Canada, 1764 Covenant Chain Wampum Belt from the Canadian Museum of History, Lady Justice statuette, and the Bible

Religion, Law & Society Roundtable

October 14, 2021 | The UBC Program in the Study of Religion and Public Humanities Hub are pleased to present a roundtable of scholars discussing Religion, Law and Society.